highest completion percentage 1971

Virgil Carter had the highest completion percentage in 1971, at 62.2 percent.

Interpreted as:
highest completion percentage with a minimum of 14 passing attempts per team game by a player 1971
NAMEPCTSEASONTMGPCMPATTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Virgil Carter
V. Carter
62.2
1971
10
138
222
1,624
7.3
162.4
10
7
86.2
4.5
3.2
13
122
2Bob Berry
B. Berry
60.2
1971
11
136
226
2,005
8.9
182.3
11
16
75.9
4.9
7.1
21
150
3Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
59.7
1971
13
126
211
1,882
8.9
144.8
15
4
104.8
7.1
1.9
23
175
4Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
58.5
1971
13
226
386
2,567
6.7
197.5
11
21
65.4
2.8
5.4
27
232
5Len Dawson
L. Dawson
55.5
1971
14
167
301
2,504
8.3
178.9
15
13
81.6
5.0
4.3
30
303
6Bob Griese
B. Griese
55.1
1971
14
145
263
2,089
7.9
149.2
19
9
90.9
7.2
3.4
23
248
7Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
54.4
1971
14
203
373
2,259
6.1
161.4
13
22
59.7
3.5
5.9
33
287
8Billy Kilmer
B. Kilmer
54.2
1971
14
166
306
2,221
7.3
158.6
13
13
74.0
4.2
4.2
16
110
9John Hadl
J. Hadl
54.1
1971
14
233
431
3,075
7.1
219.6
21
25
68.9
4.9
5.8
16
145
10John Brodie
J. Brodie
53.7
1971
14
208
387
2,642
6.8
188.7
18
24
65.0
4.7
6.2
11
111
11Bill Nelsen
B. Nelsen
53.5
1971
14
174
325
2,319
7.1
165.6
13
23
60.3
4.0
7.1
22
222
12Pete Liske
P. Liske
53.2
1971
14
143
269
1,957
7.3
139.8
11
15
67.1
4.1
5.6
13
134
13Greg Landry
G. Landry
52.1
1971
14
136
261
2,237
8.6
159.8
16
13
80.9
6.1
5.0
29
232
14Dennis Shaw
D. Shaw
51.2
1971
13
149
291
1,813
6.2
139.5
11
26
46.1
3.8
8.9
33
276
15Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
51.1
1971
14
180
352
2,238
6.4
159.9
17
10
75.4
4.8
2.8
25
200
16Daryle Lamonica
D. Lamonica
48.8
1971
14
118
242
1,717
7.1
122.6
16
16
66.8
6.6
6.6
18
172
17Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
48.2
1971
14
158
328
2,158
6.6
154.1
19
16
68.6
5.8
4.9
36
319
18Dan Pastorini
D. Pastorini
47.0
1971
14
127
270
1,702
6.3
121.6
7
21
43.8
2.6
7.8
20
152
19Edd Hargett
E. Hargett
45.7
1971
14
96
210
1,191
5.7
85.1
6
5
63.4
2.9
2.4
10
68
20Jim Hart
J. Hart
45.3
1971
11
110
243
1,626
6.7
147.8
8
14
54.7
3.3
5.8
13
139
21Bobby Douglass
B. Douglass
40.4
1971
12
91
225
1,164
5.2
97.0
5
15
37.0
2.2
6.7
30
235
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